If you are hunting a small pest at close range, and want to see it “explode” Then it’s for you. But if you are hunting something small at longer
range, and want to actually harvest it for meat or fur, then NO. Of if you are hunting something larger, then again, NO.

It’s high velocity makes it’s long range accuracy very poor.
It’s high speed makes the small animal you shoot “explode” so there will be no meat left to harvest.
If you shoot a larger animal, then it will fragment before it penetrates very deep.

If you are hunting a small pest at close range, and want to see it “explode” Then it’s for you. But if you are hunting something small at longer
range, and want to actually harvest it for meat or fur, then NO. Of if you are hunting something larger, then again, NO.

It’s high velocity makes it’s long range accuracy very poor.
It’s high speed makes the small animal you shoot “explode” so there will be no meat left to harvest.
If you shoot a larger animal, then it will fragment before it penetrates very deep.

Wow, very informative. Looks like I need to buy some different 22LRs then. I keep that rifle and ammo for squirrel or cat hunting in case of an
economic collapse and I have about 500 rounds very similar to that one.

Well.. which do you consider best all around. I've never cared too much or tried too many different types. I just bought 550 boxes of remington, and
some remingtong thunderbolt. I just target practice so I don't see many exploding pests.

Also, I found an old mixed bag of 22 ammo at my great aunts when we were emptying her building. Your picture actually answered most of them, but one I
didn't see, do you know a round with HP on it?
I could look it up, but you seem to know them, and I am in no hurry to learn. It is a hollow point.. so maybe that answers the question, but I kinda
doubted it.

I haven't been a shooter in several years but of the list, I have tried many. My top two on the list were... #2 the Yellow jacket but number one by
far on expansion was the CCI Stinger...loved that round.

Some of those I have not tried so I can only say my personal experiences.

I find that each .22 rifle has a certain ammo it likes and other it doesn't. Some are more often "liked than others,but you never know till you
test.

Hollow points are largely useless on .22's,as very few are wide/deep enough to actually expand,especially as ranges get a little longer and it's
already low velocity falls off. Stingers have never shot well for me in any .22,ranging from barely acceptable to utterly useless. I find CCI's
Velocitor is superior,slightly heavier slug but still good speed.I've actually taken a couple coyote's with them,although I would't recommend a .22
for coyote's.
There is a too called Paco Kelly's Accu'rizer that allows you to reshape the nose of the bullet in several different ways,from deep wide
hollowpoints to wide,flat dished points. I tested tehse rounds extensively and they are indeed superior to factory in every way.The only issue is if
you go too wide/flat,you'll have problems with feeding.

I tested them in wet phone books,and the results ere somewhat surpriseing.Factory ammo barely deformend,and penetration was just barely ahead of the
deep hollopoint.This was partly due to it not penetrating straight,but rather veering off somewhat.
The modified deep hollowpoint pentrated straight,showed some expansion and went almost as deep as the factory profile,within an inch or so.
The winner was the wide dished flatpoint,easily outpenetrating the others,and tracking straight.I found it worked very well on gophers too,resulting
in far more on the spot kills than any factory round I tried.

The .22 is never going to be flat-shooting,so I wouldn't worry too much about the affects of the nose profile on trajectory. Shoot whatever is most
accurate and feeds well in your particular firearm.Being able to place your shot precicely will be more important than which particular bullet you are
shooting,especially if your shooting game to which the .22 is properly suited.

I have a couple of .22's for plinking. My parents always hyped the 22 as being just as good as any other round, but I have to disagree. Shot placement
is crucial with a .22 if you are doing any hunting with it, and even then it can be dodgy. Seen a lot of animals hit with .22 bullets over the years,
and never seen any explode short of a .223 type varmint round.

I would not carry one for personal defense as I have a old friend who is walking the earth with ten pock marks in his face and neck from point blank
range and he is still here to tell the tale.

On a more positive note I knew a guy who poached game year round with a 22 by taking headshots. He brought down animals as big as an elk with a 22
rifle. IMHO this is not responsible hunting and can result in a wounded animal that can still run far enough to get away from you despite the blood
trail.

Fun as hell to plink with though and I love my ruger 10/22's as much as any of em.
Peace...

You can fish with 22 as well. My cousin used to throw bread out to get blue gill to the surface and then pop them in the head. They just roll over and
then you scoop them up. You have to be a good shot because the head is the only part that puts itself close enough to the surface, but it seriously
works.

I tried the Aguila SSS round and they would keyhole at about 25 yards...maybe in a different twist rate they would shoot alright, but in my older
stevens tube fed I couldn't get any accuracy. I always wanted to try the Aguila 30gr hyper velocity round as my rifle shot the CCI Stingers with great
accuracy

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